Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:33:29 -0000, ghidera2000 <ghidera2000@...> 
wrote:

> Is that artistic or simply an obsessive compulsive disorder? :D
>
> I'll take shortest path with the least number of vias over "neat looking" 
> every time. Lining up resistors and such, while admittedly pretty, 
> generally causes PCBs to be larger and more difficult (expensive) to 
> produce. If you're having the 4 layer boards made by a PCB house anyway, 
> its not a big deal. If you're making double sided boards at home, its a 
> HUGE deal. Adding 30 vias just to get all the resistors lined up adds a 
> lot of labour.
>
> Of course, once I get this cnc pcb drill made, it'll be a lot less of a 
> labour problem ;)
>
> Next thing is noise standards. Longer traces means more radiated and 
> picked up noise from the environment. Metalic or treated enclosures can 
> mitigate this a lot but it adds expense.
>
> So, pretty when you can do it without too much added work, 
> straightforward when pretty costs too much.
>
>

no,

I may have described it wrong.
This is not at all what i wanted to say.
I'm not for aligning ALL resistors, this is useless.

But i am very for aligning the parts where it doesn't make any change in 
trace length.
Often the traces get much shorter by proper alignment.

I don't place the parts like i want them to be arranged and after that make 
the routing.
I place the parts so that routing is easiest and simple and that the pcb is 
as small as possible.

(by alingning the parts a bit the pcb actually gets smaller).

Hope that makes more clear what i wanted to say.

st